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Nova arte de escrever : offerecida ao principe nosso senhor, para instrucçaõ da mocidade

by: Araujo, Antonio Jacinto de, d. 1797; Ferreira, Jerónimo de Barros, 1750-1803; Costa, José Lúcio da, 1763-; Godinho, Manuel da Silva, 1751?-

Publication date: 1794

Topics: Copybooks, Penmanship, Alphabets

Publisher: Lisboa : Na officina de Antonio Gomes

Collection: getty; americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: Portuguese

Item Size: 1.1G

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The 25 leaves consist of an engraved allegory of Lisbon after a design by Jeronymo de Barros Ferreira, an added engraved title, and 23 engraved writing samples

The engraved leaves are signed by Araujo and dated sequentially from 1783 to 1790

Some engravings signed by Lucio da Costa and Godinho

Engraved title vignette of the Portuguese royal arms; woodcut architectural initials, tailpieces

Letterpress text in double columns, with t.p. and each page of text within double rule border

Bonacini, C. Arte scrittorie

Campos Ferreira Lima, H. de. Calígrafos portugueses

Silva, I.F. da. Diccionário bib. portuguez

Becker, D.P. Practice of letters